In his graduation thesis, the author processed the topic of money production and the life cycle of money, as well as the impact on the environment. The paper introduces the security features of money, the materials used to make it, and the methods of making it. It also learns more about the production of materials. Given that the subject of production and environmental impact is dealt with, the international standard ISO 14001 is explained in more detail. The international standard ISO 14001 is the beginning and basis for the implementation of new environmentally conscious technologies and projects in organizational systems such as plants for the production of banknotes, materials for them. The rest of the work deals with these innovative technologies. Given that money, i.e. cash, is an unavoidable segment today and requires special methods of production and handling during the life cycle, what are the possible ways of a more environmentally conscious approach to the production and handling of the same. The author presents innovations in this area collected from several different printers and facilities for the production of materials, and elaborates them individually, for example, waste water recycling, waste material recycling, but also the banknotes themselves at the end of their life cycle. As the paper deals with new technologies of recycling and savingenergy, it also touches on polymer banknotes and the comparison of polymer and paper banknotes, from the ecological aspect, the impact of their production onhuman healthand the environment. Which leads to questions about the future of money, the possibility of recycling and the consideration of the Swedish model of a cashless society.